MARÍA Y YO

Maria and I

España. 2010. Color. 80 min. Documental. Vídeo.
  • Film Director: Félix Fernández de Castro.
  • Producer: Loris Omedes.
María lives with her mother, May, in the Canary Islands, 3000 km from Barcelona, where Miguel Gallardo lives. Sometimes Miguel and María go on holiday together, spending a week at a resort in Gran Canaria South; an unusual setting which doesn't often have among its guests a single father and his fourteen years old autistic daughter. This is the story of one of their journeys, but above all it's an original tale, full of humour, irony and sincerity, about how to live with a disability.


Félix Fernández de Castro
Félix was born in Barcelona in 1963. Bachelor of Journalism from the UAB University of Barcelona. Between 1984 and 1997, he worked as an advertisement creative in various agencies in Barcelona. During this period he was editor and later creative director at Bates Delvico Barcelona, whose creative work made him the most awarded advertising agency in Spain during the years 1993, 1994 and 1995. He has won numerous awards at creativity festivals worldwide, including Cannes, San Sebastián, FIAP, New York, London, Eurobest, Epica, and yearbooks in the prestigious American Advertising Communication Arts and One Show. 'Mary y yo' is his first feature documentary.